Improvement in temporary binders



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' Temporary-Binders.

No.158,839. v -Patent edlan.19,1875.

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PATENT OFFICE IMPROVEMENT IN TEMPORARY BINDERS.

Specification formirg part of' Letters Patent No. 158,839, dated.January 19 1875; application filed October a, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FERDINAND GUIOHE- TEAU and ALEXANDRE PERIN, of thecity and State of New York, have invented a Permanent Self-Binder, ofwhich the following is a specification:

The object of our invention is to supply a case for keeping, inbook-form, weekly papers and other papers to be preserved, letters,family papers, legal docnments,archives, &c., to avoid the inconvenienceof folding or rollin g them, and give thefacility of placing them withorder on the shelves of a library.

The case is shown open in Figure 1. It is composed of three principalparts joined together by different kinds of hinges, as represented at m.It can be made of light wood or other firm material. g is a border,forming the edge of the case, and giving to the same, when properlycolored or papered, the exact appearance of a book, asrepresented inFigs. 3 and 4. a

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the back of the case, in which I) I)represent a metallic rod or band, destined to hold the papers firinlyagainst the back of the case. (I is an axis,

to which the rods or hands are fixed, and on which they are movable, forthe purpose of taking the papers in or out. The other end of the rods orhands rests in the slots 0 of the metallic plate 1. At 1; i the rod isbent, or the band punched, so as to have more elasticity.

This construction answers also two other purposes: First, it serves tohold the leaves tightly together, so as to make them appear, when open,as if firmly bound second, it renders it easier to take the leaves inand out. The part a of the clasp has a flange, under which the edge 9 isengaged when the case is closed, which arrangement serves to keep thecase firmly locked. The binder, however, can be used Without clasp asWell.

It will be observed-that, beside the quality of elasticity .that thefolds t' 'i impart to the rods, they furnish convenient means forhandling the latter as well as effective devices for clamping the sheetstogether without cutting them.

The rod 1), having the elastic folds i 6, substantially as shown anddescribed.

' FERDINAND GUIGHE TEAU.

ALEXANDRE PERIN. Witnesses:

GEo. W. GREENE, JAMES BOGLEY.

